17,850 citizens aged 50 to 60 years vaccinated with booster dose within one month after the introduction of cash incentives

17,850 citizens aged 50 to 60 years got vaccinated with booster dose within one month after the introduction of cash incentives.

Amiran Gamkrelidze, director of the National Center for Disease Control, told InterPressNews about it.

As for the booster vaccination of citizens in their 60s, according to Gamkrelidze, after the launch of incentives, 134,153 additional doses were taken in this age category.

"We started the incentive program in January. From January 1 to February 4, we have a daily average of 510 - among citizens aged 50 to 60 years. We started incentives for people over 60 in November and 134,153 citizens were vaccinated before February," said Amiran Gamkrelidze.